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New Year
celebration in Copacabana receives a peak audience of 2,4 million people
The most traditional Carioca New Year
Celebration was highlighted in various vehicles of the international press.
At Copacabana Beach, the Réveillon, promoted by
the Municipality of Rio through Riotur, had a
peak audience of 2,4 million people.
The main theme of this year´s celebration was “HUG”, and it occured an awesome display of fireworks in Copacabana,
in 17 minutes of pyrothecnic show. Twenty five
tons of multicolored fireworks were fired from eleven barges.
The Réveillon Celebration had the participation
of many artists, including Anitta, Frejat, Cidade Negra and Belo, besides presentations of samba schools
of Rio de Janeiro. According to estimates from Riotur,
the city welcomed about 910 thousand tourists in the period of Réveillon, moving about R$ 2,3
billion. According to a survey conducted by ABIH/RJ (
Brazilian Association of hotels industry - Section RJ), the hotel
occupancy was on average of 97%.
Municipality of Rio makes an assessment of
first year of management
On the 22nd of January, the Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Marcello Crivella, and his Secretariat presented an assessment
of the first year of management, in Cidade das Artes (City of Arts), east zone of Rio. Besides showing
what was achieved in 2017, is was made a forecast of the main actions envisaged
for this year, in the areas of health, education, sanitary surveillance,
public order, among others.
Among the mentioned issues, the Mayor highlighted the international
missions occurred during the year of 2017, aiming Public Private
Partnerships in the areas of Urbanism and Street Lighting.
“In China we were in contact with Mayors of Hangzhou, Beijing and Shanghai;
and also with important building companies and generators of public
lighting, to lure them to our PPP, for the substitution of 430 thousand
bulbs, for we pay 20 million of energy bills monthly and there is a
possibility of paying 10 million, with a better and less polluting
lighting” declared the Mayor.”A Chinese company has donated 2 million Reais in bulbs for the city of Rio de Janeiro, which
will be installed in our city; in Downtown, Lapa
and Copacabana. And they have committed if they win the bidding process
which will be launched in the early days after Carnival, to install a
factory of LED bulbs in our city of Rio”, he added.
Rio de Janeiro signs Memorandum of
Cooperation with the city of Guiyang
 On the 15th of February, at the General Consulate of China in Rio it
was celebrated the signature of the Memorandum of Cooperation between the
cities of Rio and Guiyang. The document was signed by Ambassador Antonio
Mello, Coordinator of International Relations of the Municipality of Rio de
Janeiro and the Head of the Departament of
Publicity and Member of the Municipal Committee of Guiyang, Mrs. Lan Yitong.
This meeting took place in the context of the official visit of
representatives of Guiyang to Rio with the purpose of participating in the
celebrations of the Spring Festival and the Chinese Cultural Week, events
which were hosted at Cidade das Artes (City of Arts). Besides strengthening the
cultural and economic ties with Rio, this Chinese mission was born after
the trip of Mayor Crivella to China in November
last.
New software of Museum
of Tomorrow includes campaigns of ONU Brazil
The new software of Museu do Amanhã
(Museum of Tomorrow) began including projects of the United Nations in
Brazil which encourage actions seeking a fairer world. The campaigns
included in the platform are the following: #VidasNegras,Somos Refugiados’ and
#IBelong, of ACNUR; the campaign for the equality
of rights “ Free and Equal”, 50 for Freedom’ and Forum of Companies and
LGBT rights, of OIT; and ‘ Elas por Elas’, Planeta 50-50 and Una-se, of
ONU Women.
Inaugurated in December 2017, IRIS+, the new cognitive assistant of Museu of Amanhã, in Rio de
Janeiro, is able to formulate questions that makes
the visitor reflect on his role in society.
Developed in partnership with IBM, IRIS+ proposes and adaptation of the
project of the company´s virtual intelligence, Watson, to the museum´s
environment. The platform, besides answering to several questions, chats
with the customer to understand his chief concerns about the questions
presented in the exposition.
Based on the answers, the system presents a series of projects and
initiatives the visitor may try, to make a compromise with the causes.
Municipality of Rio
promotes Carnival agenda 2018
On the 11th of January, the Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Marcelo Crivella and the President of Riotur,
Marcelo Alves, presented the Project Carnival
2018, which encompassed all the events promoted by the bureau, at Palácio da Cidade. Among the events: street blocks, parades of
teams of the Sambódromo(Sambadrome) and Estrada Intendente Magalhães, the
programming of Arena Carnival Rio, stages and other official celebrations.
For this edition of Carnival, Riotur registered
an unforeseen fundraising of private investment: R$38,5
million, hoping to levy R$3,5 billion; R$500 million more than 2017. The
estimate number of revelers: 6 million in the city and 1,5
million tourists and 90% of hotel occupancy.
“For Rio de Janeiro it is important that these events are successful for
the jobs and the income”, emphasized Marcelo Alves.
The blocks continue growing annually and optimize the Street Carnival of
the City of Rio de Janeiro, and they were authorized to parade 473 blocks
in the months of January and February , occupying
the streets of zones south, north, east and downtown area.
SME expands number of
bilingual schools
The number of bilingual
schools in the municipal education network increased from 10 to 25 in 2018.
The project promoted by the Municipal Secretariat of Education (SME), also
includes two new languages: French and German.
The offer of another foreign language broadens the student´s knowledge
universe, without leaving behind the Portuguese language. In bilingual
schools, the pupils have 60% of classes in the official language of Brazil
and 40% in the second language. In 2017 the network included nine bilingual
schools of English and one offer of Spanish. This year, there are 12
Portuguese-Spanish schools, nine Portuguese-English schools, three
Portuguese-German and one Portuguese –French.
“The pedagogical value of bilingualism is well established. The current
experiences are quite positive. Consequently we decided to expand them”,
evaluates the Municipal Secretary of Education, César Benjamin.
Municipality of Rio earns equipments of Olympic
Games
On the 22th of
February, the President of Technogym Brasil, Ruben Nieto, delivered 495 equipments used
during the Olympics and Paralympics of 2016 to the Mayor of Rio, Marcelo Crivella and the Under-Secretariat of the Olympic
Heritage, Patricia Amorim. The ceremony occurred
in Arena Carioca 3, at Parque Olímpico,
Barra da Tijuca.
The mentioned equipments are estimated in R$ 9 million, being part of Technogym Wellness Center, and a unit at Arena Carioca
3 in Barra da Tijuca, and another one in Parque
Radical, in Deodoro.
“This center is another landmark of the Under Secretariat of the Olympic
Heritage. These equipments will benefit several generations of athletes”,
declared Mayor Marcelo Crivella.
The academies will be at the disposal of the high performance athletes,
through strategic partnerships, and also Judo Federations, boxing, artistic
gymnastics, badminton, futsal, table tennis and
fights, which have already worked with the Under-Secretariat of the Olympic
Heritage.
Rio Open 2018: the largest tennis competition of Latin America in Rio
 On the 19th of February, Rio de Janeiro hosted the Rio 2018 Open at
the Brazilian Jockey Club in Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas. The event, considered the major tennis
tournament of South America, makes part of ATP World Tour, gathering 13
competitions of this magnitude, and three of them in gravel court – Rio,
Barcelona and Hamburg. The tournament, which distributed more than R$ 5
million in awards, turned Jockey Club in a meeting point of sports admirers
and confraternization with the families.
Besides games and trainings which occurred in nine gravel courts, one of
them the central arena of the tournament, with a capacity for 6.200 people,
there is also an interactive area- Leblon
Boulevard, with several attractions for the audience, with stands, shops
and a gourmet space. According to event´s organization, the 2017 edition
attracted 45 thousand viewers, this year, an audience 10% higher than 2017.
The edition of 2018 featured the biggest names in present time sports, such
as the current champion Dominic Thiem, the Croation Marin Cilic, French
Gael Monfils and Spanish Pablo Carreño Busta.
Rio participates in U20
meeting in Paris
The City of Rio de Janeiro participated, through the
International Relations Department, in the Forum C40 Cities Climate
Leadership Group - Urban 20 Initiative, First Sherpa Meeting, from January
29 to 30 in the city of Paris. The main objective of the event was to bring
together 20 of the world's largest cities for a first working meeting on
how cities want to enrich the global development agenda, in particular with
the nations that make up the G20 Summit.
The cities intend to produce a concise document with their respective
lawsuits to be presented to the leaders of the countries that make up the
G20 during its annual Summit, scheduled to take place in Buenos Aires,
Argentina, in October.
During the meeting, the representative of Rio exposed some of the policies
of professional training through digital inclusion in projects and courses
developed for the population of Rio de Janeiro, taking as an example the
nine Knowledge Nets.
Municipal guard operates with 790 agents
daily during the Carnival at Sambadrome
In the early morning of 9th of February,
the interdictions in Presidente Vargas Avenue
began, with the purpose of providing space for the allegorical carts of
Series A Schools which paraded in Sambadrome. The
operational planning of Carnival 2018 lasted until the morning of Ash
Wednesday, on the 14th, and it was resumed in the area of Marquês de Sapucaí on
Saturday, 17th, the day of the Parade do Champions. The traffic scheme was
established by CET- Rio and was put into practice with GM-Rio, operating in
pre-Carnival trigger points which occur in all the areas of the city.
790 Municipal officers daily in the area of Sambadrome
and also in street Carnival, 250 officers in Intendente
Magalhães (Parade of samba schools of series B
and C) and, 6,140 officers in several actions of urban development,control
and traffic monitoring during the parade of the official carnival blocks in
all the areas of the city. All the actions were isolated and integrated
with several agencies of the Municipality of Rio.
Municipality of Rio announces the creation
of the Supporting Board of the Foreign Investor
 The Municipality of Rio de Janeiro created the Council of Support to
the Foreign Investor, aiming the coordination of actions to foster,
attract, facilitate and monitor foreign investments in the city. The news
was announced on the 7th of February, by a decree of Mayor Marcello Crivella in the Official Diary.
The new Council will be coordinated by the Mayor´s Office, through the
International Relations Department and it will be composed by
representatives of this Coordination and other four Municipal agencies:
Secretariat of Development, Work and Innovation(
SMDEI); Under-Secretariats of Planning and Governmental Management and
Strategic Projects (both of the Municipal Secretariat of Civil Cabinet) and
the Company of Tourism of the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro – Riotur.
The International Relations Department may invite ad hoc (intended for this
specific purpose) business entities, chambers of commerce, promotion
agencies and consular representations, among others.
The decree considers projects and actions developed by Municipal
Secretariats and the need of the Municipality to raise funds in projects of
numerous sectors as a factor of economic and social development.
Municipality
of Rio launches Municipal Plan Of Solidarity Economy
On the 26th of
February, Mayor Marcelo Crivella together with
the Secretary of Development, Work and Innovation, Clarissa Garotinho, launched the Municipal Plan of Solidary Economy, at the Palácio
da Cidade in Botafogo, south zone of Rio.
The Solidary Economy has become a modern and
efficient working option for citizens of several cities around the world
who, through this arrangement, manage to face in a positive manner the
impacts and transformations caused by changes in the contemporary global
economy.
Examples are the producer´s cooperatives, of fishermen and craftsmen;
service providers and any enterprise established in a solidary
manner. The estimate is that, nowadays, about 600 people be formally
inserted in this way of working, moving more than R$ 2 million yearly. The
plan launched by the Municipality of Rio intends to stimulate this sector
of the economy and dictate the guidelines for its growth.
International
day of braille
On the 4th of January, is celebrated the International Day of
Braille, a natural reading system for people with vision impairments,
created in the XIX century by Frenchman Louis Braille. Reflecting upon
these people with visual deficiency(blind and low
sight), the Under Secretariat of People with Deficiency(SUBPD) carries out,
through the Center of Technology and Innovation(NTI) services of
rehabilitation in Braille (guidance on Braille writing) and rehabilitation
in Dosvox.
Dosvox is a computer´s screen reader. It reads,
not only what is on the screen, but also what is being written by the
wearer. The Operational Sytem Dosvox
makes possible for blind people to use a common microcomputer (PC) in order
to perform a series of tasks, thus acquiring a high level of autonomy while
studying and working.
Other services provided by the Under Secretariat are: accessibility to
applications of smartphones and Poet Compact, a
scanner which reproduces in audio what has been scanned. Poet Compact
enables the digitalization of documents and books, for example, playing in
audio immediately.
Rio participates in the
Meeting of Directors and Coordinators of the cities network UCCI
The Municipality of Rio de Janeiro participated, through the
International Relations Department, of the XII Meeting of Directors and
Coordinators of the UCCI and Conference on Integral Cooperation between Ibero-American Cities: Dialogue of Actors, held from
January 29 to 31 in Madrid , Spain.
During the meeting, preparations were made for the XVIII General Assembly
of the UCCI, to be held in April in San Jose, Costa Rica. Next, the UCCI's
relations with international organizations, the presentation of the
communication strategy of the network and the main actions that have been
carried out, the management of the financial resources and the scheduled
programming for the year 2018 were discussed. The cities included new
events in programming, with Rio highlighting VeloCity's
performance in June.
On the last day were held the Days on Integral Cooperation, with the
presentation of projects already carried out or underway, within the scope
of the Comprehensive Cooperation Program of the UCCI, financed by the City
of Madrid. The Fundamentals of the Program were presented, within the
proposal of the Madrid Solidarity Forum - which brings together the
proposal of international action of the City of Madrid, regarding
cooperation actions - and the projects of Mexico City/San José,
Asunción/Montevideo and Bogotá/La Paz/Quito. Rio de Janeiro proposed a
project in the area of Citizen Security, with the objective of knowing other experiences of
Prevention of Crimes through Environmental Design (PCAAA).
COPPE / UFRJ Business Incubator is among the 20 best in the world
On the 23th of
February, UBI Global, a Swedish research institution specializing in the
analysis of incubators and accelerators worldwide, announced the ranking in
which the COPPE / UFRJ Business Incubator is among the 20 best in the
world. The institution competed with more than 800 incubators around the
world in the category "World Top Business Incubator - Managed by
University", which takes into consideration issues such as jobs
generated by resident and graduated companies, business survival rate,
turnover, attraction of investment and number of graduates and incubators.
UBI aims to help university-based incubators and accelerators become more
efficient and competitive through data insights, best practices, and
network services.
Tourists
approve Rio's safety during carnival
The Carioca Carnival has been attracting more and more attention of
tourists, always with high expectations regarding the days of revelry in
Rio. Despite the cases of violence registered during the period, national
and foreign tourists considered the city safe. According to a survey
carried out by Riotur and ESPM-Rio in Sambadrome, on the days 10,11
and 12 of February, 42% of foreign tourists and 34% of the Brazilian
tourists perceived safety in Rio as good. Among the foreigners, 17% rated
the safety excellent, 29% average, 6% bad, and 6% terrible. Among national
tourists, 12% considered safety excellent, 19% average,19%
bad and 16% terrible.
In total, 536 people were interviewed, 51% residents in Rio, 19% foreign
tourists and 30% Brazilian tourists. According to the analysis, 95% of the
foreign tourists considered that the visit came up or exceed their
expectations and 95,9% would advise the trip.
Among national tourists, 93,8% considered that the
visit came up or exceeded their expectations and 97,4% would advise the
trip to other people.
Useful Links
Bio - Mayor
Marcelo Crivella
Visit.Rio
Porto Maravilha - CDURP
Museum of Tomorrow
Museu de Arte do Rio - MAR
Planetario do Rio
AquaRio
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Check the calendar of events of 'Rio De Janeiro A Janeiro'
The Réveillon of Copacabana marked the
beginning of program 'Rio de Janeiro a Janeiro', annual calendar with
around 90 strategic events in the areas of culture, sports, tourism and
business. The initiative which connects the Municipality of Rio, Federal
Government, Riotur and well known businessmen,
has the purpose to start up a movement all year round with events which
contribute to enhance the flow of tourists, generate income for the City of
Rio de Janeiro, besides displaying the touristic potential of the city for
the world.
Until the end of January, Fundação Getulio Vargas(FGV) approved
new projects for 2018.
Check the programming for the next months:
March
.King and Queen of the Sea
. Mercado Veja Rio
.The Drone
Racing League
.Rio Expofood
.International Beach Tennis 2018
.Flutuante Attack
.Oi Jogos Cariocas de Verão
April
.Rio Content Maket
.Alô Alô Rio
.Brite
.Festival Niemeyer
.Mano a Mano
.Pop Rio
.Rio Boat Show
.Rio Montreux Jazz Festival
.Veste Rio
.Comida Di Buteco
.Flutuante Attack
Pierre Verger signs
photography of exhibition “Dorminhocos“
The French anthropologist and photographer Pierre Verger travelled around
the world with a sharp eye and a camera in his hands, always running away
from clichés and interested in unusual subjects. In the exhibition “ Dorminhocos”( Sleepers), on
display at CAIXA Cultural do Rio de Janeiro from 20th of January until 18th
March 2018, bringing together 145 photographs which portrays the manner of
people relaxing in public places.
The images were produced between the decades of 1930 and 1950, in several
countries such as Argentina, Peru, Congo, China, French Polynesia,
Guatemala and Mexico, In Brazil, Verger depicted sleepers in Bahia, where
he lived for 50 years, and also in Pernambuco and
Maranhão. Curated by
Raphael Fonseca, the visitors enter free of charge and officially launchs the exhibit´s catalogue, which will be
distributed free.
Special carnival
programming at Terreirão Do Samba is a success
During Carnival, Terreirão do Samba
welcomed about 24 thousand people between 9 and 14 of February, a great
achievement. Only on Carnival´s Sunday, the audience was next to maximum
occupancy of ten thousand people, and the gates had to be closed down.
Announced by the Municipal Secretariat of Culture in the end of January,
the Carnival agenda of Terreirão do Samba
included 42 shows and more than 100 hours of revelry.
“ The city must beat the Samba from January to January, and we have found
partners for this trekking. Terreirão is
operating for the last six months with activities, giving room for the
artists’, declared Nilcemar Nogueira,
Municipal Secretary of Culture.
Trio Bienal brings together works in Botanical Garden and
City of Arts
Between the months of December and March TRIO Bienal
– International Three-dimensional Bienal of Rio
do Janeiro, in its second edition, presented works on different media,
however always three-dimensional, the only one with such a profile among
all the others in the world, bringing together around 50 Brazilian and
Foreign artists.
The exhibition was divided in three modules related to elements of
nature: air and water( works of artists such as
Nelson Leirner, Alexandre
Vogler, Tunga, the
Indian artist Rekha Sameer
who lives in London and the American Amy Cannestra),
which was on display in City of a; and earth, which gathers in the
Botanical Garden of Rio works of Antonio Bokel, Ivani Pedrosa, Pietrina Checcacci, among
other artists.
Cidade das Artes
receives the Cultural Week of China
Between the months of
December and March TRIO Bienal – International
Three-dimensional Bienal of Rio do Janeiro, in
its second edition, presented works on different media, however always
three-dimensional, the only one with such a profile among all the others in
the world, bringing together around 50 Brazilian and Foreign artists.
The exhibition was divided in three modules related to elements of
nature: air and water( works of artists such as
Nelson Leirner, Alexandre
Vogler, Tunga, the
Indian artist Rekha Sameer
who lives in London and the American Amy Cannestra),
which was on display in Cidade das Artes (City of Arts); and earth, which gathers in the
Botanical Gardens of Rio works of Antonio Bokel, Ivani Pedrosa, Pietrina Checcacci, among
other artists.
Visits received by the
International Relations Department
- January 8, visit of Minister Shunichi Suzuki, responsible for the
Olympic and Paralympic Games - Tokyo 2020
- January 15, visit of the Chilean delegation.
- January 17, visit of the Interim Consul of Mexico, Mrs. Lilian Paola.
- January 25, visit of the Ambassador of Azerbaijan, Elkhan
Polukhov.
-January 26, visit of the delegation of India - Housing Council of Charttisgarh.
- February 6, visit of the US Consul, Ms. Vanessa Rozier.
- February 15, visit of representatives of the city of Guiyang, China.
- February 26, visit of the Consul for Economic Affairs of Israel in Rio,
Ms. Taly Segal.
Agenda
• March: 2020 Connected Cities - Cities Today, Milan, Italy.
• March: FIDI Annual Conference, Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil.
• March: World Economic
Forum Latin America - World Economic Forum on Latin America 2018 - WEF, São
Paulo, Brazil.
• March 05-07: 2018 Cities and Climate Change Science Conference
co-sponsored by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),
Edmonton, Canada.
• March 07-09: Rio Content Market, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• March 12-23: Sixty-second session of the Commission on the Status of
Women, New York, USA.
• March 15-16: Meeting of the Sectorial
Committee for Social Inclusion - UCCI, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• March 18-23: 8th World Water Forum - World Water Forum, Brasília, Brazil.
• March 18-25: WeGo Smart Sustainable Cities
Training Program in Seoul I, Seoul, South Korea.
• March 20-22: Infrastructure Investor Global Summit 2018, Berlin, Germany.
• March 20-23: EU Policy Forum on Development, Brussels, Belgium.
• March 22: Connected Smart Cities - Regional Edition - Northeast,
Salvador, Brazil.
• March 26-29: Smart Cities Connect Conference & Expo, Kansas, USA.
• March 27-29: 11th
Global Infrastructure Leadership Forum - CG / LA, Montreal, Canada.
• March 31: Earth Hour 2018, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• April: IX Brazilian Congress of Pharmacists in Oncology 2018, Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil
• April 04-07: 48th Annual Conference of the Urban Affairs Association,
Toronto, Canada.
• April 9-11: 2nd Future Cities Show, Dubai, UAE.
• April 9-11: 8th Edition of Annual Investment Meeting - World's Leading
FDI Platform, Dubai, UAE.
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